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This is my last weekend in Bath. I probably won't see it at all after this Sunday because I'll be working all week and leaving early Saturday morning. After my last pilates class, I had lunch at one of my favorite places, then just wandered around a bit. This is my favorite spot in Bath - standing on the Parade Bridge looking towards the Pultney Bridge - and I couldn't leave without visiting it again. It's best at night when it is lit up. The view has actually taken my breath away. This is a picture I took back in the fall and I plan on printing and framing it when I get to Dublin. Fortunately we have friends here and will be back to visit!

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My housemates are off on a ski trip early tomorrow morning, so today was my last chance to see them before I move next weekend!

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The pictures of Baltimore are packed and gone. I hope they make it okay! My blanket is gone too, so sleeping will be a bit difficult until we're reunited!

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I just realized today that I need to pack these boxes soon because they'll need picked up. Oops!!!

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Wes and I had some very good friends over for dinner on Saturday. Stef is a long time family friend who I hadn't seen for oh, 12 years or so before I moved to England. Then one day my mom was talking to her mom about my moving to England and we found out that Stef was living about 5 miles from me. It's been awesome having her here because it does feel like I have family close by. Unfortunately her husband wasn't able to make it. Becky was my first American friend in Bath. We met on UK-Yankee before we both moved and when I got here we met at Starbucks for a coffee and well, the rest is history! And her husband, Sean? Well, he's Scottish, loves American football, and makes beer-butt chicken on the grill. Pete was Wes's housemate when he lived in Sheffield. Pete and his lovely girlfriend, Jen, moved to Bath this year as Pete was starting a PhD at the uni. They kept my cats for 2 weeks this summer. I am forever indebted to them for that one!

The worst thing about moving is leaving your friends. :(

I had to cheat on this one so everyone would be in the pictures! I also didn't take them. So it's an ubercheat!

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I have a lot of oatmeal that I want to use up before I move. Rather than eat it the healthy way, I've decided to make baked goods with it. I'm taking them into work so I don't eat them all myself. Today I made 'Old Fashioned Oatmeal Honey Apple Cake'. It's from Cooking Light, so I'll probably lose weight while eating it!

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Finally confirmed the shipping company.

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The charity shop pile is getting larger!

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The filing cabinet and TV are gone. Yes!!!

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I've started accumulating some things to take to the charity shop. I donated a lot of stuff before I moved to where I am now, so the pile shouldn't be as big this time.

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Obie and I were looking for places to live in Dublin. It's way too early to look, but I can't stop myself!